Mary Tyler Moore

Consider this TV hospice. Or perhaps a premature eulogy. Whatever it is, until the other day I worried: Could I find the words to honor “Happy Endings”? Do I call it a “good show”? A “kind show”? Do I write a bittersweet mash note to a low-rated ABC sitcom almost certainly about to die? Offer it broadly and generously as the simple story of six Chicago friends insulated by their friendship? Do I suggest that it was unfairly treated and, in another time, under the right conditions, things might have turned out differently? It would be a lie. If you haven't seen “Happy Endings” (and most of you never have), any description that...

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Consider this TV hospice.
Or perhaps a premature eulogy.
Whatever it is, until the other day I worried: Could I find the words to honor “Happy Endings”?
Do I call it a “good show”? A “kind show”?
Do I write a bittersweet mash note to a low-rated ABC...

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